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Official History of the Bay of Pigs Operation- Volume 2- Part 1

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This is Volume II, Part 1 of the CIA History Staff's Official History of the Bay of Pigs Operation, a Top Secret history dated October 1979 and approved for release in July 2011. It looks at how the Agency took part in shaping US foreign policy toward Guatemala and Nicaragua during the anti-Castro program. It covers dealings with President Ydigoras Fuentes and Roberto Alejos, training sites such as Retalhuleu, cover stories, and negotiations with the Somoza brothers for an air base and port. It contains no UFO material.

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  • p. 16 …According to Esterline's report of the meeting "it was never said in so many words…
  • p. 31 …DPD planned to have the SALA representa- tive, who had never been cleared by the Agency…
  • p. 34 …The communications officer whom Alejos had declared to be "under arrest" was never technically arrested and…
  • p. 53 …We never were informed of KIA or wounded counts. We did hear that a couple of…
  • p. 55 …round Guatemala for years and we have never seen Guatemalan pilots fly or shoot with the…
  • p. 64 …emphatically * Delivery of the ~ight B-26's was never made to the Government of Guatemala.
  • p. 75 …Ydigoras said, "that piece of paper will never be exposed," and it hasn't to my…
  • p. 76 …young man I said, "Well, we're never going to get this thing going unless somebody…
  • p. 106 …Venezuela, have made many friendly noises but never once have made a firm offer of real…
  • p. 138 …the project "until Castro's defeat" was never officially made to either President Somoza or President…
  • p. 147 …they were on the ships they would never return to Nicaragua. With reference to the air…
  • p. 153 …68/* * The Agency's relations with Nicaragua also became \ somewhat strained because Miro Cardona was never…
18a. Daily Log --PM Section, 8 Dec 60 (Daily Progress
Reports -- PM, Jun 60 - Mar 61).
19. Cables: To Director from TRAV, 5 Dec 60, TRAV
0171 (IN 12064) i to JMTRAV from Director, 8 Dec 60,
DIR 15481 (OUT 50885) i to Bell from Guatemala,
7 Jan 61, GUAT 789 (IN 1124).
20. Cable to Director from Guatemala, 6 Oct 60, GUAT
362 (IN 23228).
21. Cables: To Director from Guatemala, 7 Sep 60,
GUAT 190 (IN 49039); to Guatemala from Directo~
9 Sep 60, DIR 49902 (OUT 68098) i to Guatemala
from Director, 16 Sep 60, DIR 00989 (OUT 70502).
22. Cables: To Director from Guatemala, 13 Sep 60,
GUAT 232 (IN 11587) i to Director from CINCLANFLT,
20 Sep 60, CITE 038 (IN 15111); to Director from
Guatemala, 20 Oct 60, GUAT 414 (IN 30311).
23. Cables: To Director from Guatemala, 8 Sep 60,
GUAT 192 (IN 49342) i to Guatemala from Director,
9 Sep 60, DIR 49839 (OUT 68022) .
Daily Progress Reports -- Support, 19 Sep 60.
Job 63-42, Folder 7.
24. Cable to Director from Guatemala, 11 Sep 60,
GUAT 231 (IN 11074) .
25. Ibid., 6 Oct 60, GUAT 360 (IN 23292).
25a. Russo~ Andrew J., Air Support of Cuban Operations
1960-62, pp. 58-62. (Draft MSS. HS/CSG 2627).
26. MR from Joseph F. Langan, 23 Sep 60, sub: JMADD
Security Incident.
26a. Job 64-739, Box 1. File: ~~============~i- PM.
27. Cable to Director from JMADD, 10 Sep 60, MADD0026
(IN 10581).
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